Wheel-cultivator



(No Model.)

F. C. STROKER. WHEEL GULTIVATOR.

No. 524,287. Patented Aug. 7, 1894.

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FRITZ C. S'IROKER, OF OLNEY, MISSOURI.

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Y YSIECIFICAELION forming part of Letter: Patent No. 524,287, dated August 7, 1894.

f Application filed October 20, 1893. Serial No.488j7l8. (No modal.)

To all whom it may concern:

Y Beit known that I, FRITZ C. STROKER, a citi- `zen of the United States, residing at Olney, in the county of Lincoln and State'of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Wheel-Cultivator, of which the following is a speci tication.` My invention relates to that class of agricultural implements generally known as wheel cultivators, and which straddle the row to be tilled.

One object of my invention is the provision of simple instrumentalities for attaching the gangs to the connecting-arch, whereby the 'anas appertain to the machine, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and which are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a rear view of a wheel cultivator embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the coupling devices for connecting the gangs to the draft-beams. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the beam iron which is attached directly to the draft-beam.

,The axle A is provided at each` end with depending brackets a., having` spindles at their lower ends, on which are mounted the wheels C.

The driver-s seat D is supported on a crossbar d, which is attached at its ends to the side frame-bars E, bolted to the axle A.

The arch Fis connected at its ends with the bracket a. by short chains f, and has the draftbeams and gangs bolted thereto near the ends. The cultivating-disks G, their supporting axle g, and the beams H constitute the gangs. The beams H are brought together at their forward ends, from which point a vertical journal extends to obtain a bearing in the rear end of casting I, and the lower ends have bearings h, in which the axle gis mounted.

The connected beams H may be designated series of openings k3.

as a yoke, and will be so styled hereinafter, both in thedescription and claims.

The yokes are provided in pairs, rights and lefts, and incline in opposite directions to space the two sets of cultivating-disks therequired distance apart Without the necessity of bringing the coupling devices too near the brackets a.

The casting I hasa vertical extension vi near its front end. The beam-iron K has a forward flanged extension 7c, to which the draft-beam L is bolted, a depending lug k', to which the vertical extension i is pivotally connected by bolt i2, and a hollow segmental head k2, having a series of openings 7e3. The upper end of the projection 'L' projects into the hollow head 7c? and is adjustably connected therewith by pin lo", which passes through the said extension t' and one of the The brace h2 is pivoted at one end to the front extension or portion of the casting I, and has a seriesof openings to receive a pin h3, by means of which it is adjustably connectedwith the lateral arm h of the yoke, said yoke being provided near its' upper end with rearwardly-extending supports i', adapted to secure in position a scraper-bar J. The pins 7a4 and hB are connected by short chains h4 to a suitable portion of the machine, as the casting I, to prevent accidental misplacement or loss when withdrawn from their normal or operative position. Y

The scrapers j, of usual construction, are adjustably connected at their upper ends with the scraper-bar J, and are arranged to operate laterally against the cultivating-disks G, to clear them of trash. The bar J is adapted to move in the supports '17; and a coil spring M, mounted thereon and confined between one of the supports t" and a suitable stop on the bar J, as one of the Scrapers, serves to act on the said bar to hold the YScrapers in operative position against the cultivating-disks.

A foot-rest N is secured to the casting lby the same bolt which fastens the yoke thereto. This foot-rest :is curved slightly to lprevent the foot .from slipping, and is adapted to turn freely.

In order that the gangs may be lifted clear of the ground when desired, as at the ends ot' rows when turning, hand-leversi-O are provided, andmounted, one on each side-bar E, and suitably connected with the gangs by chains o. A notched segment I? is provided for each hand-lever O, and is engaged by the usual hand-latch p to hold the lever in the required position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l1. In a Wheel c'ultiVator, the combination, Wlth a beam-iron having a vertically-disposed segment, of a casting'having a vertical extension pivotally connected to the said beam iron, means for adj ustably connecting the vertlcal extension With the segment,and a cultivator-gan g attached tothe said casting, substantially as described.

2. In a Wheel cultivator, the combination,

pivotally connected to its rear end, avertical vextension formed on vfthe forward end of the casting, and means for adj ustably connecting the vertical extension to the said segment.

3. In a Wheel cultivator, the combination, with a draft-beam, of a beam-iron having' a vertically-disposed segment, a'casting having a vertical extension pivotally connected to the said beam-iron, means for adj ustably connecting the vertical extension with the segment, a brace pivotally connected to the for- Ward end of said casting, a disk -carrying yoke, having a lateral arm at its upper end, pivotally connected to the rear end of said casting, and means for adj ustably connecting said brace and lateral arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRITZ C. STROKER.

Witnesses:

LUTHER WARD, J. B. MCINTosH. 

